Episode 319: Coaching Corner: There's No Hope... When There's Insistence
GrowthReady Podcast with Steve Mellor · May 13, 2026 · 12:34
GrowthReady Podcast with Steve Mellor
GrowthReady Podcast with Steve Mellor · May 13, 2026 · 12:34
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Most people don’t quit because they’re incapable.
They quit because they’re waiting for proof.
In this Coaches’ Corner, Steve uses Abraham Lincoln as a case study in resilience, someone who lost elections, failed in business, navigated depression, and still kept moving forward when there wasn’t much evidence things were “working.”
The core shift: hope sounds productive, but it can hide hesitation. Insistence is different. It’s the decision to keep going because it matters, whether it’s validated yet or not.
Steve also shares a personal moment from his own transition out of elite sport: how “waiting to feel ready” can quietly become comfort, and why insistence is often inconvenient, uncomfortable, and misunderstood… but necessary.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
Pick one area where you’ve been hoping things improve... and replace hope with one insistence-based action this week.
Not perfect.
Not massive.
Just real.
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